Since yesterday was spent in the company of PFG members. (I was the tart that walked in late alas) I had to get caught up today. No VU, no answering email. All my saturday and sunday chores. *sigh*

Anyhow, I did manage to card up one bag of Lucy's fleece today on the drum carder, which promply broke due to the strain.


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Spent the most glorious afternoon on the Catawba reservation keeping company with Little Bear and his brother, who were firing the pots of students of a NA crafts class. The sunlight was beautiful coming through the trees. The wind was just breezy enough to remind us it was autumn.

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My apologies to my friends who have heard about the studio before. This is a picture of my "studio" area, several months after I opened the back door and chucked all my husband's junk into the trash cans. Notice how neat and tidy it all was...

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Here is what Lucy's fleece looks like dirty. Miss Lucy lives in Vale, NC at Whistlestop Farm with siblings, her sire and dam, assorted chickens, a llama, a pack of farm dogs and four horses. She won 2 ribbons at the Mountains State Fair last month, but when I went to meet her, she got very shy. Silly Lucy ducked under the horse trailer and rolled ( Read more... )

Catching up...Too many months offline!

Here is a pic of the postcard created from Haldane's art, which went to the Hygenic Gallery sale.

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In an effort to enjoy myself and learn a little something...HA!....I've committed myself to not one but two swaps this winter, one dye study group, one spinning study group, two online CherryHill Seminary lectures, and I seriously contemplating taking an HTML course to "fix" the guild webpage. This after completing LearnNC's Crossing Cultures ( Read more... )

I bought a dress at the thrift store for $3.75 with a torn hem--perfect for a short person, and found myself with enough fabric to do a series of postcards for Mother's Day. These go to my sisters Jules and Da! and my Grandmother. The print reminded me of Polynesian restaurant decor. Couldn't find a Tiki cocktail "glass", but a few coconut lime and ( Read more... )

MMMMmmmmmm.....Lux aeterna to read Sharon Shinn's Archangel series by...OMG!!!

http://www.peermusic.com/artistpage/Morten_Lauridsen.html

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